Author: David Hunt

Published on Jul 12, 2019

Beam Me Up

Workers top the steel infrastructure of NC State's new Wellness and Recreation Center with its final beam, capping months of effort. The new center is scheduled to open in 2020. 

Published on Jun 25, 2019

Bibles and Blue Jeans: How Gay Liberation Came to NC State

Violent protests at New York's Stonewall Inn 50 years ago sparked a social and political revolution. When the drive for equality reached NC State a decade later, it started with a prayer. 

Published on Jun 20, 2019

Honor Bound

NC State police Maj. Ian Kendrick cycles 500 miles in a charity event honoring the memory of fallen law enforcement officers. 

Published on Jun 12, 2019

Health Providers Must Join New Pricing Plan by July 1

Providers can avoid being considered out-of-network in 2020 by signing a contract with the State Health Plan. But the deadline is fast approaching. 

Published on May 16, 2019

Proving Ground

Undergraduate researcher Neil Baugh has immersed himself in some of the coolest research in higher education, from soft robotics to nanomaterials. Thanks to a Goldwater Scholarship, he has plenty more to think and do. 

Published on Apr 29, 2019

4 Win Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

All four students nominated by NC State have been awarded the nation's preeminent scholarship for science, math and engineering. 

Published on Apr 9, 2019

Energizing Public-Private Partnerships

We're cultivating an innovation ecosystem with help from more than 70 corporate, nonprofit and government partners on our Centennial Campus. 

Published on Mar 28, 2019

State Loves #GivingPack

Thousands of NC State supporters roar into action, turning a Day of Giving into a howl of Wolfpack pride. 

Published on Mar 13, 2019

Brain Power

Ziad Ali aims to combine electrical engineering and neuroscience to treat disorders such as epilepsy and Parkinson's. The NC State senior will pursue a Ph.D. at Stanford thanks to a Knight-Hennessy Scholarship. 

Published on Mar 12, 2019

New Research Enterprise Data System Marks a Milestone

Faculty members using animals in research or teaching confront a sizable amount of paperwork to ensure they comply with legal and ethical rules. There’s a 17-page application form, an annual renewal form and a final report, not to mention forms for medical surveillance, environmental health and safety, and changes in personnel and protocols. “It’s a… 

Published on Mar 12, 2019

Tailored Training

On the implementation chart for NC State’s new research administration system, campus training occupies a single box, positioned as the next-to-last step in a seven-part journey that progresses from process mapping to system launch. But like almost everything involved in rolling out the new centralized system, it’s not as simple as it seems. For one thing,… 

Published on Feb 14, 2019

NC State a Fulbright Leader — Again

NC State again makes the list of research universities with the most Fulbright U.S. Scholars. 

Published on Feb 13, 2019

Employees Give Supervisors High Marks in Survey

A tally of results from last year’s systemwide employee engagement survey delivers good news for NC State. Employees give the university high marks in areas ranging from leadership and facilities to work-life balance. 

Published on Dec 11, 2018

Storm Warnings

In the wake of increasingly frequent and violent Atlantic hurricanes, NC State faculty and students race to help rural, flood-prone communities in eastern North Carolina recover and rebuild, physically and economically. And they call on public officials to recognize the growing threat to the region. 

Published on Nov 28, 2018

Allison Newhart Named General Counsel

An attorney with extensive experience in higher education and a passion for NC State's land-grant mission is the university's new vice chancellor and general counsel.